Coronation Street until he was killed off in 2011. He played the ex-teacher for four years after joining the cast on the cobbles in 2007 and was nominated for Villain of the Year in 2009 at the Soap Awards.He was again nominated for the same award in 2011 after his murderous storyline came to a dramatic end with his suicide - which kept the nation hooked.Since leaving the soap, the actor has taken on a major career U-turn and enjoys private family life with his famous wife and their two kids.In between his major transformation and crazed fan attack, let’s take a look at his life away from the cameras…Actor Graeme isn’t the only talented screen star in the family as his wife Elianne Byrne shares his bid for soap stardom.
Elianne, who shares two children with Graeme, also appeared on Coronation Street in two different roles: firstly in 2002 as an unnamed Paramedic who tended to Audrey Roberts after son-in-law Richard Hillman tried to kill her in an arson attack.
She returned to the programme in 2013 as Amma Newbury, the probation officer of Rob Donovan. Her other credits include roles in Medics, City Central, Heartbeat, Stanton Blues, Where the Heart Is, North & South, Ideal and The Royal.
Elianne is best known for appearing in Emmerdale as various different roles between 1998 and 2017 as three characters including a nurse, Chrissy Roberts and Stephanie Ray.
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